Cherry Blossoms in early Spring
Thomas
Thomas took me to see this cherry blossom-lined street one morning before work. These capricious flowering trees are hard to catch in full bloom. So happy to have caught them during my Springtime in Korea.
Seoul in Springtime
At the Steve McCurry photo exhibit in Seoul, an incredible collection of photographs. McCurry is a phenomenal photojournalist. Camera in hand, he steps into moments, watches and walks away, leaving his subjects and their world untouched, taking with him an exposure of his experience. This is one of the greatest things I've seen in Korea.
Seoul
Lunch
On the way to Incheon Airport. The two boys across from me were watching a video. The couple reflected in the window were dozing off. The man continued to ask his wife, "Do you still love me?..do you still love me?" "yes...yes..." she would say.
Seoul
Mom and Aunt Betsy reading the subway map in Seoul
First morning on Jeju Island, outside of the guesthouse
The cozy Island Guesthouse
Our Korean family style room
Tamna. She dearly missed her owner, who was on vacation in Australia.
Tamna was the original name of Jeju Island.
Morning sunlight inside the guesthouse
breakfast table
Yellow fields of flowers and mountains under a heavily clouded sky
Morning at Jungmun Beach
Jules on the Yellow Sea
Seashell hunt on Jungmun Beach
Volcanic rock cliffs along the Yongmeori coast
Songaksan and the sea
O'Sulloc green tea farm
Mother and baby horse at Hyeopjae Beach
My new friend and my taxi driver for the day. I'm learning a lot about communication.
I talked very little with this him, using only a few Korean words and phrases that I've learned. But it was enough, along with smiles and gestures and sincere gratitude, to make him warm to me. And of course he loved Mom and Betsy, the two giggling girls in the backseat.
Not only did he take us to the places we had decided on, but he brought us to one of his favorite spots on the island, suggested a great restaurant that serves a special kind of pork and fish native to Jeju, and he stopped off at a roadside stand to buy us traditional Korean bread. I'll never forget his smile.
Squid drying in the afternoon sunlight at Yongdang-ri.
Elementary school on Jejudo
View of Seopjikoji
Sunday afternoon in Seoul
